閱讀下列短文，并做每篇后面的題目。從每題所給的四個選項(xiàng)中，選出能完成所給句子的最佳選項(xiàng)。

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　　A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children—like boys and girls who live abroad with their parents—seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it,and they are busy with other subjects, too.

　　Our mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever()in our mind.

　　Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

　　36. We usually begin to learn our own language by_______ it.

　　A. speaking B. hearing C. saying D. teaching

　　37. If you have a good_______, you’ll have less difficulty in learning something.

　　A, teacher B. camera C. memory D. family

　　38. The children who live abroad with their parents can learn two languages more easily because_______.

　　A. they are very clever B. they have good teachers

　　C. they have more chances to use these languages. D. they have a better life

　　39. ____ can take photos of what can be seen, felt, heard,smelt and tasted.

　　A. A camera B. Memory C. A diary D. A man's mind

　　40. Memory is______ that we keep in our mind and carry about.

　　A. the best diary B. the best camera

　　C. a great help D. a beautiful picture